Frances Healy (born 24 August 1970) is an Irish actress, comedian, radio personality, TV presenter and voice-over artist. She graduated from

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in 1999. Theatre performances include ''The First Cosmonaut'' with Blue Raincoat Theatre and ''The Candidate'' at The Beltable, Limerick; and Bewleys Café Dublin; ''The Big Beautiful Woman'', as part of Limerick City of Culture 2014; ''Desert Storm'' and ''Misterman'' at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, ''The Birds'' at The Abbey, ''Vagina Monologues'' and ''Her Big Chance'' at The Cottiers Theatre Glasgow and was part of Limericks “favourite Play” the critically acclaimed ''Alone It Stands'' by John Breen on the Australian tour. Film and television credits include ''Moone Boy'' for SKY Television, ''A Time to Dance'' (BBC), ''River City'' (BBC) ''Taggart'' (ITV), ''Camera Café'', ''Fair City'' (RTE) and ''

The Magdalene Sisters ''The Magdalene Sisters'' is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Peter Mullan, about three teenage girls who were sent to Magdalene asylums (also known as 'Magdalene Laundries') homes for women who were labelled as "fallen" by their familie ...

'' (MIRAMAX) by Peter Mullen in which she played Sr. Jude. Healy is also a voice-over artist and has recorded voice-overs world-wide including the USA, Norway, the UK and Ireland. She has recorded voice-overs for H&M,

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and many several ad campaigns for TV, film and radio. She also co-hosted a mid-week breakfast show with Fred MacAulay for

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. She was the winner of the best new comedy act at The Govan Celtic Fringe Festival in 2004 and a semi finalist in

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"So You Think Your Funny" competition. After winning best new comedy act at Govan Celtic Comedy festival, Frances was a regular on the stand-up circuit for over 8 years. She has appeared in stand up venues all over the UK, including Jongleurs in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London,

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in both Glasgow and Edinburgh, Comedy Café, Banana Cabaret and

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in London. In 2022, she starred in "Red Army" at the Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick. In 2015, she set up a school of acting in

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, called "Acting Up in Limerick".

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on "Mandy" website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Healy, Frances 1970 births Living people Irish television actresses Actresses from Limerick (city)